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Dr Andrew Clark

Paediatrics

Specialises in

Paediatric immunology, infectious diseases & allergy

About me

I offer out-patient consultations and allergy testing for all children from infants to teenagers. Many referred patients will have a history of suspected food allergy, e.g. cow’s milk, egg, wheat or peanut/nut allergy. I offer a diagnostic service, utilising skin prick and blood tests where required, identifying the allergens to avoid and often ruling out others, together with development of an individualised management plan for each child. Families receive detailed advice on allergen avoidance. I also recommend emergency medication, together with an emergency treatment plan and practical training for the family on how to use it e.g. adrenaline autoinjectors. Referrals are also welcome for children who have had allergy for some time and may have grown out of it, as is often the case for egg and milk allergy, and occasionally peanut/nut allergy.

I would also be pleased to receive referrals of children with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (hayfever), drug allergy, idiopathic urticaria and angioedema (spontaneous hives and swelling), or idiopathic anaphylaxis (severe allergic reactions where the cause is unknown).

Children with troublesome eczema and asthma can also benefit from an allergy opinion, often to rule out the role of allergy in these conditions, or to identity a culprit.

I have an active role in our national parent allergy organisation (BSACI) as Chair of the Standards of Care Committee (Read more here: http://www.bsaci.org/about/standards-of-care). I recently led writing guideline documents for managing egg allergy. In 2012 I was appointed Chair of this committee and I now coordinate the writing of national guidelines on multiple topics, such as peanut, milk and penicillin allergy, and adrenaline auto-injector use. I am also Secretary to the Taskforce on the Allergic Child in School, which produced European Guidelines for school allergy.

I am expert scientific panel advisor to the national patient support group, the Anaphylaxis Campaign (see more here: http://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/about-us/clinical-and-scientific-panel#c) and was expert advisor to the UK Government Committee on Toxicity when they rewrote the advice regarding peanut ingestion in pregnancy and early life.

I lecture frequently to undergraduates, primary and secondary care doctors and nurses and am a regular invited speaker at national and European allergy conferences.

External resources

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant in Paediatric Allergy Addenbrooke's Hospital
Associate Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Cambridge

Research interests

I have a broad UK Government-funded research portfolio. A recent exciting area of research is development of an interventional treatment for peanut allergy. I am currently completing a £1M trial with 100 children to determine whether this treatment will be safe and effective for future clinical use.

Another project is leading a £1.2M study to define the reactive threshold for peanut in the population (http://www.tracestudy.com/).

Personal interests

When not at work I can be found either with my family or on my bicycle. In 2009 I raised £1,600 for the Anaphylaxis Campaign by riding ‘La Marmotte’, a formidable 180 km mile ride in the French Alps over 4 classic mountain climbs from the Tour De France. In 2010, I was back in the Alps to cycle over more classic climbs from Le Tour: Col D'Izoard, Sestriere, Galibier and Alpe D'Huez (again!); and in 2012 I cycled over Col D’Ornon (featuring in the 2013 Tour de France) and Col de Sarenne.

Awards received

In 2010 my name appeared on 'The Times' magazine list of Top UK Doctors, and again in 2012 I was recognized as one of the UK’s 100 best Children’s Specialist Doctors.

Publications

A selection:

The RCPCH care pathway for children at risk of anaphylaxis: an evidence and consensus based national approach to caring for children with life-threatening allergies. Arch Dis Child 2011; 96:i6-i9.

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